Nido Qubein came to the U.S. as a teenager with no knowledge of English, no contacts, and only $50 in his pocket, yet ended up an extraordinary business entrepreneur. President of High Point University, an undergraduate and graduate institution of more than 3,000 students from 50 countries and 44 states, Qubein lives daily with challenges.
Since taking the helm in 2005, he has transformed the university into one of the nation’s premier institutions by raising more than $150 million, Read more…
Harvey Alston is a master communicator whose career includes positions from high school head football coach to assistant director of student financial aid at the university level. Alston believes in solitary achievement, shared accomplishment and the dignity of human beings, and his words of individual responsibility for achievement have improved spirits, spurred growth, and changed lives. As an educator Alston has taught English, biology, health, life sciences and math curricula, and over the years, he has received recognition from groups such as the Ohio House of Representatives as one of Ohio’s Finest Citizens; Read more…
Carolyn Warner, Founder and President of Corporate//Education Consulting, Inc., advises Fortune 500 companies, foundations and numerous national associations on workforce/work place issues, education, leadership, women’s issues and public/private partnerships. Through her speaking, seminar, consulting and training services she delivers over forty presentations each year, both in the U.S. and abroad, including three European Union conferences on education and skills training. Read more…
Great speakers are highly entertaining, informational, inspirational, and most importantly … unforgettable. John Powers stands out as one of the best in the business. His entire career has been one of effectively communicating with audiences.
Prior to his speaking career, John created and produced the Broadway musical, “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?” which has played in over a dozen cities. He is the author of four best selling books, including his recent release, Odditude: Embracing the Eccentric Within. Read more…
Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile is an adjunct professor, author, syndicated columnist and the Vice Chair of Voter Registration and Participation at the Democratic National Committee. She has worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she served as presidential campaign manager for former Vice President Al Gore. Read more…
Linda Chavez, chairman of Center for Equal Opportunity, a non-profit public policy research organization, is a syndicated columnist, and a political analyst for FOX News Channel. Prior to assuming her current position, Chavez held a number of political appointments, among them Chairman of the National Commission on Migrant Education; White House Director of Public Liaison; and Staff Director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and in the early nineties was elected by the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission to serve a four-year term as U.S. Expert to the U.N. Sub-commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. Chavez wrote Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation (Basic Books 1991), which the Denver Post described as a book that “should explode the stereotypes about Hispanics that have clouded the minds of patronizing liberals and xenophobic conservatives alike.” National Review described Chavez’s memoir, An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal (Basic Books 2002), as a “brilliant, provocative, and moving book.” Linda Chavez’s more recent book, Betrayal: How Union Bosses Shake Down Their Members and Corrupt American Politics (Crown Books, 2004), describes how unions divert hundreds of millions of dollars into political campaigns, often without their members’ knowledge or permission, and the public policy consequences that ensue. Read more…
Patricia Russell McCloud lives the life she prescribes for others – a life that is well-balanced — full with love, compassion, purpose and passion. In addition to inspiring hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life each year to live up to their full potential, Pat devotes countless hours to mission work in South Africa. As an active member of several civic organizations, she also brings the same level of energy and focus and determination to helping in her community.
There is one word which describes her best…unforgettable. Patricia Russell-McCloud is a spellbinding professional orator identified in the bestseller Success Runs in Our Race, as one of the ten top speakers in America. Her dynamic oratorical style of delivery is rooted in a foundation of research and statistical data which provides her listeners with a great deal more than essential information. Black Enterprise magazine agrees, identifying Russell-McCloud as one of five top Business Motivational Speakers. As the immediate Past National President of The Links, Inc. and The Links Foundation, Inc. Russell-McCloud was visionary and purposeful in leadership. She ensured an era of organizational change for betterment. Russell-McCloud’s analytical ability to substantively address issues, including, but not limited to, achieving excellence, assuming leadership, sexual harassment,managing workplace diversity, virtual teams, women and youth issues, business ownership and operation, has motivated numerous audiences to make a positive difference.
Pat Russell-McCloud, J.D. is a phenomenal speaker. Each year, she speaks to more than 100,000 people in audiences across the nation in a broad spectrum of arenas. She has been respectfully dubbed “The Alphabet Lady” for her rousing motivational messages that give attitude a major adjustment. Read more…
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